All Lester B. Pearson Quotes
- A great gulf, however, has been opened between man's material advance and his social and moral progress, a gulf in which he may one day… Advance
- The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. Clever
- As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not. Comrade
- Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May… All
- Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. Blunt
- As a civilian during the Second War, I was exposed to danger in circumstances which removed any distinction between the man in and the man… Any
- We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least… Bases
- And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in… Achievements
- As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but the promotion through them of the determined and effective will… Achieved
- But while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support the policies that make for peace or reject those which… All
- Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing… Adequate
- I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have,… Been
- I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of… Award
- I have worked in a very close and cordial way with Norwegian representatives at many international meetings, and the pleasure I felt at those associations… Always Secured
- It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war. Been
- It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than… Anxious
- No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense… Aggressive
- The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction. Choice
- The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful,… All
- The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit us… All